What is GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxx?

GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxx is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader can leave a dangling pointer in the linked-channels list...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxx cover?

GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxx covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-112258. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxx?

GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxx has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxxHighCVSS 7.8

A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader can leave a dangling pointer in the linked-channels list...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 20, 2026

Last Modified

October 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-112258 →

📋 Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader can leave a dangling pointer in the linked-channels list when a linked channel is later destroyed via a selection property. Opening a crafted XCF file can cause a use-after-free in the main GIMP process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112258
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-112258
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555588
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qq8p-jmjc-fwxx